A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide for a safety net to producers through cost of production crop insurance coverage, to improve procedures used to determine yields for crop insurance, to improve the noninsured crop assistance program,and for other purposes.
Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to authorize, and set forth criteria for, cost of production insurance coverage.
Establishes specified yield determination criteria for certain producers who have adopted rotation practices, including a three-year actual production history requirement.
Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act with respect to the noninsured crop disaster assistance program to: (1) permit similar crop or commodity varieties to be considered as a single eligible crop; (2) require annual submission of crop records; (3) increase coverage; (4) provide individual assistance without area loss requirements; (5) eliminate the natural disaster loss requirement for prevented planting assistance; (6) revise yield determination provisions; (7) establish payment provisions for new crops; and (8) establish a service fee.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2771)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
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